>>>>/* loop 2 */ >>>>ix = 2 >>>>for \ >>>> item \ >>>> in \ >>>> blist \ >>>> : >>>> alist[ix] = \ >>>> alist[ \ >>>> ix \ >>>> ] Certainly that is uglier, but at least there are backslashes saying "hey, something is happening here". If this were Python, it would violate the "explicit is better than implicit" zen. - Josiah